Viola Davis just became the most-nominated Black actress for Best Actress at the Oscars for her role in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Her performance as the titular character alongside the late Chadwick Boseman was one of the best of the … Continued

Sure, 2020 has been a very strange year. Who expected us to be living through a pandemic? While we’ve all been stuck in our homes for the majority of the year, we’ve been looking for different ways to entertain ourselves. … Continued

In Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom tensions come to a boiling point for a group of African-American musicians during an afternoon recording session. While the band awaits the arrival of their lead vocalist Ma “Mother of the Blues” Rainey (Viola Davis), … Continued